NOVEMBER 20, 2025
Japan’s not angry. Japan’s not punishing. Japan’s just broke and old and tired of pretending.
Five months ago, the signs were clear: America’s biggest lender was heading for the exits. This week, they started packing. Your mortgage rate noticed.
Back in June, I explained that Japan, America’s favorite ATM for 40 years, was about to display “INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.” Most...
NOVEMBER 20, 2025
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks during the Senate Democrat policy luncheon news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) had a blunt response about the pending release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and he doesn’t seem concerned about any fallout for the Democratic Party.
After President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he...
NOVEMBER 20, 2025
A license plate reader used by U.S. Border Patrol is hidden in a traffic cone while capturing passing vehicles on AZ Highway 85, October 21, 2025, in Gila Bend, Ariz
Millions of American drivers are being monitored by the U.S. Border Patrol to crack down on those with suspicious travel patterns, according to a report.
The Associated Press has reported that people are being stopped,...
NOVEMBER 19, 2025
Satya Nadella has been the CEO of Microsoft since 2014. picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images
Satya Nadella said external factors and perceptions, including memes, can shape how employees feel about company culture.
The CEO was asked about 2011 cartoon that depicted Microsoft's internal divisions in conflict with each other.
Nadella, who transformed Microsoft, emphasized the need for...
NOVEMBER 16, 2025
(Photo Illustration by Alberto Mier/CNN/Getty Images)
Last month, FBI Director Kash Patel wished his followers on X a happy Diwali. It did not go over well.
Far-right Christian nationalist and white nationalist accounts flooded his post with bigoted memes and rhetoric. “Go back home and worship your sand demons,” a far-right pastor wrote. “Get the f**k out of my country,” read...
NOVEMBER 15, 2025
Sean Dobson, CEO of The Amherst Group, speaking at ResiDay in New York City on Nov. 7, 2025. - courtesy of ResiClub
The sweeping economic interventions launched during the Covid-19 pandemic may have made American homes less attainable for millions—a reality the housing market will need years, if not decades, to correct, warns top real-estate executive Sean Dobson. The Amherst Group...
NOVEMBER 12, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump during an announcement in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 23, 2025. - Will Oliver—Getty Images
The Trump Administration has authorized a series of missile strikes on vessels in the Caribbean, alleged to be carrying drug shipments. 76 people have been killed in some 19...
NOVEMBER 8, 2025
Vanguard’s report raising alarm bells for retirees. - seventyfourimages/Envato
As the company that pioneered the concept of index fund investing and currently has a whopping $11 trillion in assets under management, Vanguard is the ultimate heavyweight in the American stock market. (1)
So when the company puts out a report about the future of the stock market it’s worth closer...
NOVEMBER 4, 2025
Former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia's first female governor. (Zach D Roberts / Reuters)
Democrat Abigail Spanberger has defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to flip control of the Virginia governorship, NBC News projects, becoming the first woman to lead the state.
Spanberger, a former congresswoman, won the race in the blue-leaning state after holding polling and fundraising advantages...
NOVEMBER 4, 2025
Zohran Mamdani speaks at a campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York, on 26 October 2025. Photograph: Julius Constantine Motal/The Guardian
After more than a year of repeating ambitious promises about freezing rent and making childcare free, Zohran Mamdani will wake on Wednesday with a daunting task ahead of him: make those things reality for New York City.
The...
